Lots of people was happy with Meike 5Dmkiii grip.. I mean, solid product and performance.. many good reviews..

Not All! Many early buyers got defective units. It cost more to return them to China than they were worth.http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080)

I had a Meike grip on my 60D and it was solid and fully functional. I was thinking about getting a grip for the 5D3 and if I did I would be perfectly happy getting this brand. Build qty is decent for that price

Lots of people was happy with Meike 5Dmkiii grip.. I mean, solid product and performance.. many good reviews..

Not All! Many early buyers got defective units. It cost more to return them to China than they were worth.http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080)

I did some research on google, these problems was the first generation from the 5dmkiii grips.. the latest ones are great...

Lots of people was happy with Meike 5Dmkiii grip.. I mean, solid product and performance.. many good reviews..

Not All! Many early buyers got defective units. It cost more to return them to China than they were worth.http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080)

I did some research on google, these problems was the first generation from the 5dmkiii grips.. the latest ones are great...

Isn't that what I said?? Great is a bit overstating it, IMHO, even the Canon Grips are just fair.

Lots of people was happy with Meike 5Dmkiii grip.. I mean, solid product and performance.. many good reviews..

Not All! Many early buyers got defective units. It cost more to return them to China than they were worth.http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080 (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3234007#forum-post-41986080)

I did some research on google, these problems was the first generation from the 5dmkiii grips.. the latest ones are great...

Isn't that what I said?? Great is a bit overstating it, IMHO, even the Canon Grips are just fair.

I have a Meike grip for my T3i. When I received it in the mail all worked fine. After about 2 photoshoots with it the main shutter button would not take pictures. It would focus, but not take pictures. All of the other buttons worked as well. So left it alone for a few months. Shot a wedding this past Saturday, slapped it on to try it and the button is mysteriously working again. Let's hope it stays that way! Nonetheless, great feel to the grip and might as well be canon brand.

I had a Meike for my T2i, and had no problems with it for the 18 months that I used it... Just got a 6D, but couldn't live without a grip, so I got the Canon unit.... Based on my past experience with Meike, I would not have hesitated in purchasing a Meikie were it available at the time... $200 saved buys some nice filters or factory batteries.

Probably because the grip is a straight copy from the 60d - the Meike copy for the 6d even features the zoom functions that are only available on the 60d (see blue markings on Meike vs Canon) - or am I mistaken?

But as long as it works €40 is a good price and probably realistic for the manufacturing value, that's gives an impression about Canon's markup on grips, lens hoods and lens caps...

I have a meike for my 60D and it seemed ok, except for the reviews saying it shorted out batteries, I checked the internal wiring and it was all fin on mine. However sometimes the thumb wheel on the back of my 60d would stop working with it attached, untill I turned the exposure wheel. No biggee. But shooting a friends wedding, I was against a wall in a kinda cramped area, and was holding the camera a little weird, and gripping the meike grip firlmly, and it all of a sudden, powered my camera down and the batt light was all that was on the top LCD, and it wouldnt tunr on/back off. In about 30 second I had the grip removed and the batt and door back on body only, and I didnt miss a critical shot, but it pissed me off. It did the same thing with my 300mm lens a couple times. I assume the cheap plastic flexes too much when gripping tightly, and loses contact

When (and if :-)) you receive the Meike grip, it'd very, very helpful if you could try to provoke the above error by trying to bend the grip and see if the camera bugs out - I've read about this possibility before concerning Canon & 3rd party grips, and it'd quite important to know if the budget price means severely reduced reliability.

Just got mine today. Attaches very well to the body. There's no movement once it's locked down. All the buttons are functioning correctly. Time will tell as far as durability is concerned. It's my first grip, so it feels a little weird. I'll be taking lots of verticals at events this year, can't wait to try it out.

Well, on ebay you often can see how the delivery times to be expected from China, to the US it seems to be a bit faster, but personally whenever I order to Germany I'm pleasantly surprised if it takes less then a month.

Just got mine today. Attaches very well to the body. There's no movement once it's locked down.

So you're convinced it won't loose contact once it's bent in an awkward position as described above? If it's really that sturdy then there really doesn't seem to be any reason to get the original Canon grip and I'd order mine from Asia so it arrives before I buy my 6d...

Thanks for the review, and nice shots - with which lens were they taken?

Two questions though:* do the blue functions actually do anything on the 6d, or are they leftovers from the 60d?* apart from it feeling sturdy, did you try to bend it and to provoke a power loss that was reported on other Meike grips?